The EverQuest client can be run through Wine v4 (old) or v5 (current) on macOS Mojave. A similar workflow should work for older versions of macOS.

If you wish to downgrade Catalina to Mojave, you will be in for an adventure. It can be accomplished, but is well-beyond the scope of this guide.

To configure your system, follow these steps:

Install Xcode:

• Click the Apple Icon in the upper-left corner of your screen⋅⋅

• Choose App Store...

• Search for Xcode

• Install Xcode

Install Command Line Tools:

• Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew:

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Create a symbolic link between X11 folders:

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

sudo ln -s /opt/X11 /usr/X11

Install XQuartz:

• In Terminal... (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

brew install Caskroom/cask/xquartz

Create a symbolic link between library folders:

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib /usr/X11/lib/*

Install Wine

• In Terminal... (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

brew install cask wine-stable

Create a 32-bit Wine Prefix

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winecfg

Install Winetricks

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

brew install winetricks

Configure Wine fonts

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

winetricks corefonts

Configure Font Smoothing

• Copy and paste this command and execute:

cat << EOF > /tmp/fontsmoothing
REGEDIT4
​
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingOrientation"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
"FontSmoothingGamma"=dword:00000578
EOF
​
WINE=${WINE:-wine} WINEPREFIX=${WINEPREFIX:-$HOME/.wine} $WINE regedit /tmp/fontsmoothing 2> /dev/null

Launch EverQuest

• In Terminal... (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

• Navigate to your EverQuest directory (IE cd Applications/EverQuest/)

• Launch with the "patchme" option:

wine eqgame.exe patchme

Optional Launcher Script/Icon

• Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit.app)

• Copy and paste the information below

• Replace $WINEPREFIX with the location of your Prefix

• Replace the path to your EverQuest folder

• Save the file as "EverQuest.command"

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX="$WINEPREFIX/.wine"
export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11/lib
export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35"
cd "/path/to/my/everquest/folder/"
wine eqgame.exe patchme

Troubleshooting

Client Disconnects When Inactive

Mac OS Mavericks introduced a power-saving feature called "App Nap" to save battery power on apps that are not actively being used. When Wine is put into "nap" mode, you will likely be disconnected from the world server.

Steps to disable "App Nap"

1. Open the Finder App and navigate to your Applications folder

2. Right-click on your Wine application

3. Choose the Get Info option on the contextual menu

4. Check the box that says Prevent App Nap

Excessive GPU usage with MacOS Mojave

• Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

• Enter the command "wine regedit"

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine -> Direct3D

• Create a DWORD Value (REG_DWORD) named "csmt" and set the value to 0x0 (disable)